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Originally Posted by joshR515
We are using them two. We have found out that if the battery goes below 6.5 volts then the joysticks start going down. How ever we have not hooked them up with a battery.
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Yes. The Chicklet requires a power source of at LEAST 7.2 volts. This is diplayed on the IFI websight under specs.
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Originally Posted by joshR515
I have created a circuit that used a comaritor to turn on the LED when the battery reaches 6.5 volt. We are going to use the 7.2 volt RC battery packs that are used for back up batteries providing 1800-2000 Mah.
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This is not necessary if you ensure that the battery is fully charged before competition. We did our testing with a 700mah battery and got over 4 hours out of it.
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